In the 39-minute podcast, legendary sports writer Peter King shares amazing stories from his decades covering the NFL. Here’s what you need to know.

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* If you were to draft an all-time sportscasting team, Peter King could be your first pick for the NFL

* Growing up in Connecticut, he wanted to be Carl Yastrzemski

* Peter Gammons and Watergate had an enormous influence on his wanting to be a journalist

* He was really into politics, which he thought would be his career focus in journalism

* How college kids wanted to be Mike & the Mad Dog 20 years ago and now want to be Stephen A. Smith and how it influences your career

* How he covered Pete Rose, Tom Seaver and Johnny Bench

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* How he was so fortunate to be given the Bengals beat at the Cincinnati Inquirer at 26 years old to cover the most open coach in the business, Sam Wyche

* How he got Sam Wyche to pose as a magician prior to his first game

* How about if he asked Bill Parcells do that

* He then went to Newsday to cover the Giants

* He broke a Lawrence Taylor story that got him in the door at Sports Illustrated

* How back then Sports Illustrated gave you better access than ESPN

* Seaver and Bench were so good to deal with

* His love for dealing with Michael Irvin

* Michael Irvin being excited about an SI game

* Irvin took him to his office to be interviewed (we won't ruin where Irvin's office was)

* How Deion Sanders invited up to his hotel room to show his work ethic

* Mike Holmgren opened everything about his story

* How he spent three nights at Brett Favre's house

* How he had Favre laid out his history with pain killers and he had to sit on the story for nearly a week

* How he had his own report card by reading all the newspapers

* How Bill Parcells said, "Who the F are you?" to King

* How competitive he was to write the best story each day

* Steve Serby freaking out the rest of the baseball beat

* Bill Belichick holding a grudge

* What is the key to maintaining relationships with sources over the years

* How he ended up getting invited to Tom Brady's house in Montana after the 28-3 comeback Super Bowl win

* Advice for young reporters how to get people to give you insight and time

* How taking the wider lens view is better in covering sports

* How the Monday Morning Quarterback came to be on the internet

* Most of the writers wouldn't write for the internet without extra pay

* If Sports Illustrated could have a do-over to keep it as the No. 1 sports destination, what would it be

* How he realized that MMQB was so big when he led his column about his daughter's softball team

* How NBC Sports president Rick Cordella was so great to him at the end of his career

* How Andy Reid wanted to be a sports writer

* How Adrian Wojnarowski called King to ask what he thought about retiring way before he announced it

* How Adam Schefter is fantastic, but he wouldn't want his life

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